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One truly great thing we have here in Britain is our film Industry. We have made some of the greatest films of all time on our Isles, films such as Trainspotting, Withnail & I, The Ladykillers and so on. Conversely, we then have the hidden gems that seem to go unnoticed by the rest of the world.

I know there will be a lot of people reading this article who probably have seen all five of these films and wouldn’t class them as underrated – this is just my personal pick. If it was up to me, everybody would have seen these 5 films at least once in their life.

Here are 5 underrated British classics you need to watch…

5. My Name Is Joe

My Name Is Joe is one of Ken Loach’s finest achievements. It’s the story of Joe Kavanagh (Peter Mullan), a reformed alcoholic who can’t forget that he once hit a woman.

“From Britain with Love” – a curated program of six independent UK films will screen across ten Us cities from June 11 – July 9, 2011, as part of a partnership between Film Society of Lincoln Center, UK Film Council and Emerging Pictures.

The showcase’s premiere constitutes a component of the Film Society’s celebration of its new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, and the screenings will run contemporaneously to online webcast conversations with the film’s key talent.

A similar program, named “From Blighty with Love” was run across India in 2010.

Featured in the program are the following films, three of which will be making their Us premieres:

· A Boy Called Dad (80min)

Director: Brian Percival

The debut feature from BAFTA short film winner Brian Percival follows the story of a boy thrust into early adulthood when he becomes a father at the age of 14. Newcomer, Kyle Ward, delivers an impressive performance as...

“From Britain with Love” – a curated program of six independent UK films will screen across ten Us cities from June 11 – July 9, 2011, as part of a partnership between Film Society of Lincoln Center, UK Film Council and Emerging Pictures.

The showcase’s premiere constitutes a component of the Film Society’s celebration of its new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, and the screenings will run contemporaneously to online webcast conversations with the film’s key talent.

A similar program, named “From Blighty with Love” was run across India in 2010.

Featured in the program are the following films, three of which will be making their Us premieres:

· A Boy Called Dad (80min)

Director: Brian Percival

The debut feature from BAFTA short film winner Brian Percival follows the story of a boy thrust into early adulthood when he becomes a father at the age of 14. Newcomer, Kyle Ward, delivers an impressive performance as...

Film Society of Lincoln Center, UK Film Council & Emerging Pictures presents From Britain With Love

June 11 . July 9

6 indie UK films will screen in 10 Us cities launching with Toast starring Helena Bonham Carter

The Film Society of Lincoln Center, UK Film Council and Emerging Pictures announced the details today for plans to showcase six recent independent films produced in the United Kingdom for a release in more than ten cities stateside from June 11 . July 9.

Curated by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and in partnership with Emerging Pictures – the largest all-digital specialty film and alternate content theatre network in the United States – the showcase will premiere at the Film Society of Lincoln Center on June 11 as part of the opening celebration for its state-of-the art Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. Each of the films will be shown once at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and once downtown at the IFC Center.

Director: Peter Mullan Writer: Peter Mullan Starring: Conor McCarron, Gregg Forrest, Louise Goodall, Joe Szula Non-Educated Delinquents -- you know the youthful ruffians who continue to infest Britain's cities and towns, prowling around like packs of wolves, wreaking havoc upon their economically-ravaged estates. Today they are caricatured by some British media outlets as "Hoodies", and they exemplify the nation's evil that David Cameron and his ilk used as political leverage to overtake the Labour Party in the 2010 elections. Writer-director Peter Mullan's Neds begins in Glasgow in the early 1970s, as John McGill (Gregg Forrest) graduates junior school at the top of his class. Summer comes and goes and John arrives at St. John's only to discover, much to his visible dismay, that he has been placed in the school's second-tier 1A2 class. The headmaster informs John that if he becomes one of the top two students in the 1A2 class come December,...

Peter Mullan directs and stars in a compelling walk on the wild side of the Clyde in the world of the Non-Educated Delinquents, or Neds

Peter Mullan's angry, uncontained new film, his first for eight years, is set in a 1970s Glasgow as alien and menacing as the futureworld of Kubrick's droogs in A Clockwork Orange. I first reported on it at the London film festival last year; just as before, it looks like an intensely personal project infused with passion and semi-resolved hurt. It's arguably too long and there's a touch of self-mythologising but with compelling flashes of rage and nauseous black comedy, and some brilliant and bizarre images – a gruesome encounter with the crucified Christ and an hallucinatory walk with wildlife.

More than ever on this second viewing, I felt Neds turns on one single piece of class pettiness of the kind I associate with England more than Scotland,...

#21. Neds Director: Peter MullanCast: Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, Marianna Palka, Conor McCarron, Gregg ForrestDistributor: Rights Available. Buzz: I'm actually surprised that the film wasn't included at Venice, as Mullan's previous film, Magdalene Sisters (02), won the Discovery Award at the Festival, as well as the Golden Lion. To preem in San Sebastian after Tiff, I think we can expect something that is emotionally honest, raw as there are some biographical elements from Mullan's early life. The Gist: Set in 1970s Glasgow, this film tells the story of a shy and intelligent young boy who, through a series of circumstances, turns into a Ned - a non-educated delinquent. Attending a new school, he becomes increasingly violent and aggressive, all the while searching for a way out. Tiff Schedule: Saturday September 11 5:30:00 Pm Varsity 8 Sunday September 12 10:30:00 Pm Scotiabank Theatre 3 Saturday September 18 12:00:00 Pm Scotiabank Theatre 3  ...